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"Wait time" and wisdom
IT'S not often that someone praises the advantages of a slower pace. Yet that's what at least one teacher is doing. Sharon Ellsworth teaches English at Grantsville Middle School in Utah, and she is a strong advocate of "wait time." In a column in The Christian Science Monitor, she describes this as taking a brief pause following a student's initial response to a question. Researchers have concluded that a student does his or her best thinking during those few quiet moments.
It can be a time of prayer.
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March 27, 2000 issue
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To Our Readers
William E. Moody
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Seaward B. Grant, Jake Nicholson
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items of interest
with contributions from Sam Waxman
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When faced with danger
Richard S. Raffles
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Embracing the spirit of Christ
Written by the Staff
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Casting out fear with puppy love
PAMELA S. McKNIGHT
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Humility in the practice of law
Victoria Roxana Reedy
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See yourself in a new light
Steven A. Salt
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Are you giving yourself away?
Christine Wallin
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Eating disorder permanently healed
Name removed by request
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Prayer restores broken bone
Rosalind Twinn
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Prayer heals inflammation
Phyllis D. Dill
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More than three decades of spiritual healing
Beverly Joan Larson
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Remove the liability to be ill
Katherine Ruth Fitzer
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CLEAR THE MECHANISM!
Pamela Sperry Thorndike
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"Wait time" and wisdom
Russ Gerber
